Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 22256, Asa Gale, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Gale Asa.
822256
CONTENTS

Vermont 94 65.
Asa Gale
of Windham Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Whitcomb of the Regt commanded by Col Read in the N. Hampshire line for
8 months.
Died June 11, 1838 Agency book.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 24. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of May 1833. and sent to P. White, Putney, Vt
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  53. 32.    Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. -  13 33     66. 65.  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Frazar Clerk, Book C. Vol. 3 d Page 66.
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Windham County Vt. para Levi Gale - Devo For Pension - Aug. 6 th 1832
Op. 5206
Admitted. Pmto 8 months N. Hampshire Line
Please to make return to S. White Putney Vt.

STATE OF VERMONT.
County of Windham ss. District of Westminster
Attest in Probate Court known at Westminster in said District on this eighth day of August A.D. 1832 having a cause of Record hereof by law at law and Clerk -
Presiding Peter B. Page Judge
On this eighth day of August A.D. 1832 - Personally appeared in open Court, At Westminster in said District
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting - Asa Gale a resident of Windham in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged fifty one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 - That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He declares and says that in the spring of 1775 at Chesterfield in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts he enlisted for the term of eight months in the Company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Read - of the Massachusetts Militia - and immediately joined the army at a place called Prospect Hill near Boston Mass - and faithfully served out said term of eight months and was dismissed without any written discharge. And he further says that he has no proof of his service except the testimony of the Colleague who was a fellow soldier in said service - He further says that he was in Bunkerhill Battle -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
 1. He was born in the town of Oxford in the County of Worcester & State of Mass. in the year - 1757  2. He has no record of his age - supposes that there is a record of his age in the town of Oxford -  3. He was living in Chesterfield Vt. as heretofore stated - He lived in Chesterfield & vicinity till the last 20 years - since which he has resided in Windham aforesaid -  4. He enlisted voluntarily -  5. He recollects Col. Stark of the N.H. Brigade 

5. He received Col. Stark of the N. H. troops
6. He received no written discharge - - -
7. He names Benja Pierce Esq. and Ezra Pierce both his neighbors and respectable citizens Witness (Heaps)
Asa Gale
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Peter R. Taft Judge
We Benja Pierce  clergyman , residing in the town of Winterset in said county and Ezra Pierce of Winterset in said county hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Asa Gale who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Eighty one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Benja Pierce Ezra Pierce
Before Peter R. Taft Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Benja Pierce who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Winterset and that Ezra Pierce who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Winterset in said county, and an credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit that the clergyman is mentioned in the foregoing certificate
I Asa Hovey 2nd Clerk of Register of the District of Winterset Court in the matter of the application of Asa Gale
of the District Court, within and for aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Sixth day of August
A. D. 1832.
Asa Hovey

I Phoebe Cobleigh of Acton in the County of Windham and State of Vermont a Revolutionary pen- -sion do hereby say that I am personally acquainted with Asa Gale of Windham in said County of Windham and I was personally knowing to his entering into the service of the United States in the New Hampshire line in the Spring of 1775 for the term of Eight Months that he then resided in Chesterfield New Hampshire that I went into the service from Chesterfield the same time, that same time in May 1775. we both marched to Massachusetts, under Capt. Whitcomb of Swansey and in Colonel Reads Regiment, that said Gale served the Eight Months in the same Company with me under Capt. Whitcomb, I saw said Gale at Bunkerhill Battle, and was with him through the whole term. - Acton August 6 th 1832.
Phoebe Cobleigh
State of Vermont Windham County ss.
Acton August 6 th 1832.
Then personally appeared Phoebe Cobleigh and made oath to the truth of the above Statement by her made & subscribed before Me Timothy Benton Justice of Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Phoebe Cobleigh, and that he is generally in the vicinity where he lives, considered as a man of truth and veracity
Timothy Benton Justice of the Peace,

No 5200. Remont New York.
Admitted
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BRIEF in the case of Asa Hale, of Windham County in the State of Vermont. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 41 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1795 Spring " 5 " Private Asa Hale Gen. Col. Head, Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Bennington.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & History.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? (See the Brief of Objections). 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. Dumas.
Examining Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Asa Gale , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 22,256
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1775 8 mos. Jonathan Whitcomb Recd N. H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill ,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chesterfield, N. H.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 6, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Windham, Vt.
Age at date of application, born 1751 at Oxford, Worcester Co., Mass.
Remarks: His claim was allowed. No family data on file.  He died June 11, 1838 (Agency book) place not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev Dec 12/1898
Plainfield Ill. Nov 16
Bureau of Pensions, Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send pension certificate of Asa Gale, born March 16 1707. Who died in 1840, I think at Chesterfield N.H. Thanking you in advance for this favor.
Very Truly
Mrs. Frances Gale Stewart Plainfield, Ill R.D No 5 Box 47

WE SELL
Amatite ROOFING
POLLARD BROS.
Proctorsville, Vt.
APR 22 1912
U.S. Pension Bureau,
Gentlemen:
822256
Will you kindly inform me if the name of Asa Gale , of Chesterfield, N.H. is on the revolutionary pension roll? He served in Capt. Whitcomb's Co., which was the 7th company of the 3rd regiment commanded by Col Reid of Fitzwilliam, N.H.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness which I assure you will be appreciated very much, I am,
Yours truly,
(Mrs) Lois B. Pollard

Root cause
22 256 INVALID.
1912 Apr. 27. History to Mrs. Lois B. Pollard. & 1916 Dec. 9. Hist. to Mrs. Frances G. Stewart. &
No. 22 256
Asa Gale
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 148
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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